Oyaji wrote: What about her speech sounds to you like a man? She calls herself あたし, and in all other ways talks like a girl -- though certainly a tough girl. A tough girl, that must be it. It's not the words but the accent that I didn't find quite feminine; mostly the way she extends vowels before ...

I have come across this video on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsFzXtsp81o&NR In this video, a Japanese reggae dancer named Kiyo talks about herself and then dances. The strange thing is that her accent sounds to me like that of a man. Is it my imagination, or does she really speak rather ...

Tspoonami wrote: Bassoon ftw. That's awesome! I love bassoon, it's a pity that it's not used more often as a solo instrument. Axlen wrote: For a while I was really interested in theater pipe organs. Before I was married I collected enough old organ parts to assemble a 4 rank pipe organ in my parent...

hyperconjugated wrote: paul_b wrote: adam wrote: Usually it's just an annoying, unwarranted catchphrase but in this case there have been many studies that show that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Then no doubt you will be able to name a specific study that specifically says that. ...

Txkun wrote: Just found this... http://www.dyslexia-teacher.com/dyslexia_japan.html Quoting from there... Dyslexic people can and do develop their own special talents. Actor Tom Cruise, for example, has made it public that he learns lines not from scripts, but from recorded material . That can be t...

paul_b wrote: * My former boss was somewhat dylexic - among other things he found it very difficult to cope with run on sentences in conversation. When talking to him I had to take care to keep my sentences to a reasonable length**. That might be a heavy handicap when learning Japanese. The sentenc...

kanadajin wrote: Funny picture! (and nice biceps, by the way). Really muscles look a lot better on black people. I envy that. Thanks! but why do you think muscles look better on black people? It must be a thing of shines and shades, dark skin makes muscles stand out more. If you watch a bodybuildin...

My guess is that learning Japanese should be *less* difficult for you than it is to learn English. Since each kana represents one sillable, you need to have less characters in your mind at the same time. Plus, the kanji are very "visual", as Milmi pointed out. I have a mild dyslexia, and I have read...

billy-jay wrote: Seriously, do any of you anti-smoking zealots understand how offensive it is when you preach that crap? I never thought it was offensive, but I understand it can be somewhat annoying. That's why I try to measure my words so that I don't offend or bother. By the way, you are being r...

Machina Maw wrote: Hatori wrote: nice pics!! ahhh! don't smoke cancer sticks at such a young age! or ever!!! lol! man, where have i been? i've been gone forever riding murdercycles... just kidding! How many people have you managed to convert to nonsmoking by chiding them for it in an internet forum...